Are there many people who can eat what they want and not gain weight?

[Anonymous]

Meaning, all the junk food they want (pizza, burgers, chips, candy, cookies, etc.) and not get fat?

I see it mentioned a lot on here that this person is a myth and doesn’t exist but tbh I was like this until my late twenties when I got pregnant for the first time. I think my three pregnancies in 4 years really changed my metabolism for the worse (which leads me to believe all that stuff about pregnancy /= fat is bunk). I ate what I wanted to, drank a lot (before pregnancy), and didn’t work out at all unless you count walking 5-6 miles a day during my commute to work working out.

So I suspect there are a lot of people who can eat this way, not work out much, and still be really skinny into their 40s and 50s, perhaps women who never get pregnant?

What do you think? Do you think pregnancy weight gain messes with your metabolism in a bad way?

Also, is this what “skinny fat” means?

[Anonymous]

Yes there are but the difference is “how much they want” is a relatively low amount. There are certain foods like pizza or tortilla chips that I have NO limit on. I can eat and eat and still enjoy it and not feel full. If I ate “as much pizza as I want” I could easily eat an entire large and then some. So I’d gain. But other foods like ice cream, a bowl is enough. So I can “eat as much as I want” and be fine.

If you’re someone who naturally is satisfied by 2 pieces of pizza or one slice of cake, eating as much as you want will always work for you. You’ll eat til you’re happy and stop and it won’t be a massive amount of food. For others who have much bigger appetites and capacities, that could be a different story.

[Anonymous]

I TOTALLY believe pregnancy messes up most women’s metabolisms in a bad way!

I mean, for one thing, look at all the women who never lose their baby weight and gain 5-10 lbs. each pregnancy.

Of course this isn’t much studied because men don’t get pregnant so don’t care to know or fund research studies on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes there are but the difference is “how much they want” is a relatively low amount[u]. There are certain foods like pizza or tortilla chips that I have NO limit on. I can eat and eat and still enjoy it and not feel full. If I ate “as much pizza as I want” I could easily eat an entire large and then some. So I’d gain. But other foods like ice cream, a bowl is enough. So I can “eat as much as I want” and be fine.

If you’re someone who naturally is satisfied by 2 pieces of pizza or one slice of cake, eating as much as you want will always work for you. You’ll eat til you’re happy and stop and it won’t be a massive amount of food. For others who have much bigger appetites and capacities, that could be a different story.

This is what I learned. How much YOU want is relatively different from how much someone else wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I TOTALLY believe pregnancy messes up most women’s metabolisms in a bad way!

I mean, for one thing, look at all the women who never lose their baby weight and gain 5-10 lbs. each pregnancy.

Of course this isn’t much studied because men don’t get pregnant so don’t care to know or fund research studies on it.

Not for everyone. I gained 30 lbs while pregnant, lost it all within 2 months after giving birth. I now weigh less than I did when I got pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I think it's more age than pregnancy. I am in my 40s with no kids and my metabolism has changed completely as well.

[Anonymous]

Me until I hit 40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes there are but the difference is “how much they want” is a relatively low amount[u]. There are certain foods like pizza or tortilla chips that I have NO limit on. I can eat and eat and still enjoy it and not feel full. If I ate “as much pizza as I want” I could easily eat an entire large and then some. So I’d gain. But other foods like ice cream, a bowl is enough. So I can “eat as much as I want” and be fine.

If you’re someone who naturally is satisfied by 2 pieces of pizza or one slice of cake, eating as much as you want will always work for you. You’ll eat til you’re happy and stop and it won’t be a massive amount of food. For others who have much bigger appetites and capacities, that could be a different story.

This is what I learned. How much YOU want is relatively different from how much someone else wants.

This. I'm one of those people but I couldn't eat more than 2 slices of pizza at a time. I don't crave anything really, not ever - maybe sushi once in a while. I eat to live, basically.

[Anonymous]

I used to be like this. I had a horrible diet. Cake, candy, pizza,bagels and diet soda were my main foods. I was pretty steadily 115 and 5’6”. I have very small bones. Once I finished nursing my last child right before 40 and went back on the pill,I gained 10 lbs almost immediately. I’m 45 and still 125, but it’s not as easy. I don’t work out, and could probably be pretty ripped if I tried, but I don’t care that much.

[Anonymous]

My mom is like this. In her 70s and still can eat whatever. Burgers, doughnuts, whatever. Weighs 125 at 5’5”. Unfortunately, I did not inherit this.

[Anonymous]

I grew up with a friend who looked anorexic. She and I were close enough and spent enough time together from the ages of 7 to 21 that I know that she wasn’t. She was fond of the claim that she ate whatever she wanted, which was true, but she still ate like a bird. One piece of pizza when everyone else was having 2 or 3, rarely had a snack, only dietary vice being loads of hot tea.

So, yes and no. She ate what she wanted but that wasn’t much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes there are but the difference is “how much they want” is a relatively low amount[u]. There are certain foods like pizza or tortilla chips that I have NO limit on. I can eat and eat and still enjoy it and not feel full. If I ate “as much pizza as I want” I could easily eat an entire large and then some. So I’d gain. But other foods like ice cream, a bowl is enough. So I can “eat as much as I want” and be fine.

If you’re someone who naturally is satisfied by 2 pieces of pizza or one slice of cake, eating as much as you want will always work for you. You’ll eat til you’re happy and stop and it won’t be a massive amount of food. For others who have much bigger appetites and capacities, that could be a different story.

This is what I learned. How much YOU want is relatively different from how much someone else wants.

This. I'm one of those people but I couldn't eat more than 2 slices of pizza at a time. I don't crave anything really, not ever - maybe sushi once in a while. I eat to live, basically.

To further respond to OP's comments - I am 40 and have given birth twice.

[Anonymous]

Me until 50. Even after 2 kids, lost pregnancy weight immediately, ate whatever I wanted. Junk food, ice cream, fried everything, carbs, alcohol. I ran marathons though. So very active. After 50, I need to watch what I eat or I gain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me until 50. Even after 2 kids, lost pregnancy weight immediately, ate whatever I wanted. Junk food, ice cream, fried everything, carbs, alcohol. I ran marathons though. So very active. After 50, I need to watch what I eat or I gain.

This! We have a friend (guy) who is 61 and is a string bean. Eats whatever. He has some kind of condition though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me until 50. Even after 2 kids, lost pregnancy weight immediately, ate whatever I wanted. Junk food, ice cream, fried everything, carbs, alcohol. I ran marathons though. So very active. After 50, I need to watch what I eat or I gain.

The level of training you need to put in to compete in frequent marathons (like at least 1-2 a year?) disqualifies you from this conversation.

Come on, I believe you know that.